Jan. 3, 2025 — Interactions with friends and family may keep us healthy because they boost our immune system and reduce our risk of diseases such as heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes ...

Rows of pea-size holes, drilled in the trunks of thin-barked trees, are the beginnings of a story that stretches back ...

Parasitic infections can invade practically any part of the body. Brain parasites, those that infect the central nervous system which includes the brain, are potentially the most damaging and the most ...

A new study shows how deep sleep may wash away waste buildup in the brain during waking hours, an ...

Glucose, a form of sugar, is the primary source of energy for every cell in the body. Because the brain is so rich in nerve cells, or neurons, it is the most energy-demanding organ, using one-half of ...

The skull is made up of bones and cartilage that form the face and the cranium, which surrounds the brain. You can feel the bones of the cranium on top of the skull. The 5 bones that form the bottom ...

The suit, filed by Mercy Health in Lorain, Ohio, said police in August brought a “detainee” to the hospital’s emergency room and requested that doctors “perform a body cavity search” to ...

With rare exceptions like the oral polio vaccine and intranasal vaccines against influenza, the majority of immunizations are ...

This important study of regulatory elements and gene expression in the craniofacial region of the fat-tailed dunnart shows that, compared to placental mammals, marsupial craniofacial tissue develops ...

Nevertheless, more detailed analyses focused on possible differences in the frequency of primary cilia in individual regions of the oral cavity, and their association with tumour grading are still ...